Smith Log Cabin
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The Smith log house was built by Robert “Uncle Bob” Smith. The original site of the home was 14 miles southwest of Medicine Lodge. Robert and his oldest sons built it in 1877 when the family moved to Barber County.
Cedar logs were used for the foundation of the house. Cottonwood logs were hewed and notched by Robert and his sons, and form the basis of the exterior walls. When Robert’s son Gordie and his family made the log house their home, they added rooms as children came along and the money to do so was available.
The log house has four rooms and two stories, which visitors may enter. When the Stockade Museum was built in 1961, the Smith family put the log house back into its original form, as near as possible, and donated it to the Stockade Museum. It is completely furnished with period antiques.
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